Social Studies Summit

National Resources

• Digital Classroom - the National Archives' gateway for resources about primary sources, activities and training for educators and students.

• The Library of Congress - for teachers or preview their new look.

• 21st Century Skills: Social Studies (.pdf)

State and Regional Resources

• Thinking Like a Historian -- provides a framework to enhance and improve teaching and learning history.

• Wisconsin Historical Society Teachers and Students Portal

• Wisconsin Economic Standards Index by Grade Level (4-8-10)

• Wisconsin Celebrating People, Place, and Past from ECB

• Wisconsin War Letters a Youth Media Project from ECB, WPR, WI Public TV and WI Historical Society

• Folklore Resources from Louisiana Voices project

Write On

• Write to Learn - University of Richmond

• Writing to Learn - Barbara Bretcko

• Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning -NCER Practice Guide

Multimedia Resources

• Thinking Like a Historian video (23 minutes) Wisconsin Historical Society and UW-Whitewater

• Photographing the Remains of the Fallen - TIME Magazine Multimedia

• democracy it is! YouTube versions of ECB video series with teaching guides

• Exploring Wisconsin Our Home: Where We Came From - photographs, maps, narration from ECB

• Finding Your Bearings - Topo Bingo Resources U of A Center for Math & Science Education

• Google Earth

• GigaPan.org

• Access, Analyze, Act: a Blueprint for 21st Century Civic Engagement (PBS Vote 2008)

• ide@s: Interactive Dialogue with Educators Across the State; collection linked to WI State Standards

• SCORE History/Social Studies: Schools of California Online Resources

• CDC Social Media Tools for Consumers and Partners

• Children and Families in North Carolina (K-2) photographs

• Welcome to the New World (NC - Grade 8) primary source documents